From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEgmail.com   
      
   "POD {Ò¿Ó}"  schreef in bericht   
   news:Xns9B86BC8328B56WeLovePOD@193.202.122.116...   
   > "Lukas Mariman"  once tried to test me. I   
   > ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti   
   >   
   >>   
   >> "POD {Ò¿Ó}"  schreef in bericht   
   >> news:Xns9B869BD24775AWeLovePOD@193.202.122.118...   
   >>> "SanFrancisco2019"  once tried   
   >>> to test me. I ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti   
   >>>   
   >>>> Happy New Year to all.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> May 2009 stink up the room a hell of a lot less than 2008.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Dan   
   >>>>   
   >>> I liked 2008, what has everyone got against it?  I had a good year...   
   >>   
   >> You mean, aside from the world economy going to hell in a handbasket?   
   >> Yeah, it was a pretty good year. ;-)   
   >   
   > How many people have honestly suffered because of this self replicating   
   > downturn?  Yes, people are now losing jobs, but only becasue of people's   
   > reaction to nothing. All that is happening is that people are now scared   
   > of a big bad wolf.  If everyone had just carried on as normal, there   
   > wouldn't be a problem, but the media has put the fear of god into   
   > people, and now because people are bunkering down, they are making it   
   > worse.  The car industry is dying because people are too scared to buy,   
   > and they are causeing a vicious circle of their own doing.   
   >   
   > My company is benefitting from the "War on Terror" and other such   
   > rubbish, so my life is unchanged and I'm now even benefitting from   
   > cheaper car fuel.   
   >   
   > it's all a state of mind, and I've not fallen for the fear mongering, so   
   > yes, I've had a good year!   
      
   You make a good point there - I do think there's an awful lot of fear   
   mongering going on. If you tell people things are bad long enough, they will   
   go bad eventually.   
      
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